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Brekkie
sstripling posted:
Brekkie posted:
If I were ITV I'd just put the contract out to tender and see if the market can force prices down. ITV really have nothing to lose if GMTV is axed and replaced by a new breakfast show, especially as it wouldn't be an outside station coming in and producing the programme, but an independent production company producing it for ITV instead.


well I thought it wasn't really ITV's descion - isn't it Ofcom who puts the lisences out to tender?
Also ITV have just paid how many million for the remaing 25% stake - there not just going to get red of it!

The licence is to broadcast in the slot, not produce for that slot. They are perfectly entitled to let an independent producer make shows for the slot, whether it's a ten-minute cartoon for CITV or a brand new 3 hour+ breakfast show - and I'm pretty sure some previous "shows" for both GMTV and TV-am have been made by independent producers.
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newsatten
Brekkie posted:
sstripling posted:
Brekkie posted:
If I were ITV I'd just put the contract out to tender and see if the market can force prices down. ITV really have nothing to lose if GMTV is axed and replaced by a new breakfast show, especially as it wouldn't be an outside station coming in and producing the programme, but an independent production company producing it for ITV instead.


well I thought it wasn't really ITV's descion - isn't it Ofcom who puts the lisences out to tender?
Also ITV have just paid how many million for the remaing 25% stake - there not just going to get red of it!

The licence is to broadcast in the slot, not produce for that slot. They are perfectly entitled to let an independent producer make shows for the slot, whether it's a ten-minute cartoon for CITV or a brand new 3 hour+ breakfast show - and I'm pretty sure some previous "shows" for both GMTV and TV-am have been made by independent producers.


yeah but they bought the remaing 25% of the licesencee ( GMTV) so if they got red of GMTV and got an independent producer make shows for the slot there would have beennow point in them buying the rest of the stake.

Although GMTV being techincally the "channel" between the 6:00 -9:25 I suppose they could get someone in!
Gets confusing doesn't it! Laughing
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A former member
If there don't speak with UTV or STV, at 09.25 STV could JUST opt out for an ident so say this is STV, and now the rest of This morning
MW
Mike W
623058 posted:
If there don't speak with UTV or STV, at 09.25 STV could JUST opt out for an ident so say this is STV, and now the rest of This morning


Why would it matter? I'm sure everyone north of the border knows it's STV so it's not necessary. They could DOG it as STV.
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A former member
Michael W posted:
623058 posted:
If there don't speak with UTV or STV, at 09.25 STV could JUST opt out for an ident so say this is STV, and now the rest of This morning


Why would it matter? I'm sure everyone north of the border knows it's STV so it's not necessary. They could DOG it as STV.


STV don't like ITV at the moment and there would want to keep it sperate, as STV brand is going to be no where from 6am - 0930 and then randomly STV break bumper appears after that till midday. Do you really think there going to let that happen, There wont to make it REALLY CLEAR that stv taken over control at 09.25. unless STV get can get its break bumpers in from 6am and also some other aspect.
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FromtheNorth
GMTV wished us a 'Happy Christmas' with an unseasonal sting into the local news at 0635 this morning.
CR
Critique
FromtheNorth posted:
GMTV wished us a 'Happy Christmas' with an unseasonal sting into the local news at 0635 this morning.


Yep, no audio there. Apparently they were having some problems this morning. The TOTH at 7 didn't have a video inset to the headlines either, just the headline came on, keeping up on a shot of Ben & Kate.
RM
Ryan Morgan
Does anyone have any Video Clips of these Problems?
Last edited by Ryan Morgan on 30 March 2010 9:26pm
JA
jamesmd
WelshRyan posted:
Video Cllips


I know you're Welsh, but that doesn't mean your video caps have to be.

[/sh*t joke]
GM
GMc
It seems the papers were right about Ruth Langsford filling in for Lorraire - ITV's online TV Guide has her presenting on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13, and I assume she would present Wed. and Thur. as well... Cool
JO
Joshua
GMc posted:
It seems the papers were right about Ruth Langsford filling in for Lorraire - ITV's online TV Guide has her presenting on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13, and I assume she would present Wed. and Thur. as well... Cool


Is there any mention of Nina Hossain, who was also rumoured to present also?
FA
fadetoblack
Joshua posted:
GMc posted:
It seems the papers were right about Ruth Langsford filling in for Lorraire - ITV's online TV Guide has her presenting on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13, and I assume she would present Wed. and Thur. as well... Cool


Is there any mention of Nina Hossain, who was also rumoured to present also?


Nina featured in one of their promotions this morning as 'guest host', so it's definitely true. I was so shocked I actually missed when she'll be on, but I would imagine it's next week.

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